The Water Message reflects your message below the text in a water reflection effect. This applet is simple to configure and produces a fantastic effect. 

General

Set the width, height and name for your applet.

Color

Set the color of the text, wave and the background.

Font

Select the size and type of font.

Messages

In the enter messages text box you write the text for your message. Each line of text represents a single scrollable part of your message. The messenger will scroll through each line of text and then start again from the beginning.
In the enter links text box you place any hyperlinks. Each hyperlink will be matched to its line of text in the enter messages text box opposite. When that line of text is scrolled in the messenger, a user will be able to click on the messenger window and open the hyperlink. Leave a line empty to prevent anything from happening when the user clicks on that line of text in the message.

Animation speed
Speed between changes in text of the message.

Wave radius
Degree the wave widens compared to the width of the text message.

Height of wave fragments
Determines the height of the wave fragments compared to the height of the original text of the message.

Y offset for top of wave area
Y point from where wave begins, might be useful if user wants put wave a bit lower from original text

Target Frame
For information on using the target frame. See URL Links and Frame Targets

Compression Ratio
Determines the compression ratio for a background image. See Compression Ratios for images for more info.

Other settings

There are other settings that are discussed on the following topics from the Advanced Effect Maker documentation:

The Flash Applet Size Parameters
Working With Text Fields
Working with fonts
Working With File Fields And File Lists
Working With Time Delays and Pauses
Working With Color Buttons
Working with Check Boxes
Compression Ratios for images
Combining Flash applet effects

Nick Bell